Hi~ My western terrestrial garter snake has not eaten in at least 2 months. I have owned this snake for 5 years. I got this snake as a hatchling out of the wild, long story short-I knocked it out of hibernation one winter at the zoo, and I was going to keep it until spring and release him. The snake would not eat, and I tried everything from earthworms, to slugs, to minnows and pinky mice. The snake would not eat anything-unless it was dead. So I did not release since it would 'hide' from live food. The snake continued to eat regularly, at least once or twice a week depending on the meal, and shed regularly, for about 2 years. It would only eat mice and minnows. Then one winter it quit. I attributed this to hibernation instinct. The snake quit eating for the 6 months of winter even though food was offered, then come april started eating normally again. Come fall it would quit eating and so on and so forth. This trend continued up until this year. This year the snake started eating in about March and ate once a week until May. Then it quit all together, though nothing has changed. It has not eaten since then. I have done everything I know how to do for it. I have offered both live and dead mice, live/dead minnows, earthworms, and have even tried trout fillets and fish cat food. The snake shows interest in the items, or looks around as if it is hungry, but will not take anything. I have tried force feeding minnows as I have before but to no avail. The snake is completely active and alert, and acts fine. It has just started getting a little bit skinny...given it did not eat much in the few months it did eat. The snake still likes to be handled and acts normally aside from eating. There are no external parasites present on the snake or in its cage, I took this into account. There is no discharge from the eyes or mouth. I believe the snake is male, but I am no expert. The snake has a 20 gallon terrarium with a heat lamp on one side, making it about 80-85 degrees while the cool side is about 65-70 degrees on average. There is a small 'pool 'for the garter to swim in as well. The snake has also not shed in 2 months. I worry trying to feed it was well in case its gut has degraded at this point and it can no longer digest properly or something. Does anyone have suggestions as to might be wrong with my snake??? I'd certainly love to take him to the vet, but I sadly live in a place that there is only one snake vet, and I fear that they will not have an answer on a specific species of snake, so I wanted to check with actual breeders and experts of garters first. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!